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Old 08-15-2005, 01:18 AM   #16 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by portwineboy
Wow I totally disagree with your opinion of the Whyte novels. I enjoyed the Camulod books and thought they added an interesting perspective to an old story. I've given them to several friends and they agreed.

I do however find your comments on Brown to be spot on. I read a lot of technothrillers, alt history and whatever the hell one might call this genre of books. I read Da Vinci before it was a huge hit, thought it was okay and read the rest of his books. Deception Point was terrible. I'd rather read Clive Cussler's old Dirk Pitt. Digital Fortress was even worse...both suffered from drab, unoriginal plots and cardboard characters. Give me Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child's Special Agent Pendergrast anyday.
Well, to be fair, I wasn't accurate in comparing Whyte's novels to Brown's, I actually love Whyte's novels, and I think what he's come up with is fascinating, it's just that the plots in each of the novels are so similarly structured, that they just grate on me, slightly.
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